Book Description
An excellent book for commerce students appearing in competitive, professional and other examinations. CONTENT 1. Management—Meaning, Characteristics and Functional Area, 2. Management—Nature, Principles, Levels and Limitations, 3. Functions of Management and Managerial Roles, 4. Development of Management Thought, 5. Planning, 6. Types of Plans and Corporate Planning, 7. Management By Objectives (M.B.O.), 8. Decision-Making, 9. Environment Analysis and Diagnosis, 10. Nature and Process of Organisation, 11. Organisation Structure and Forms of Organisation, 12. Departmentalize, 13. Authority, Responsibility and Delegation of Authority, 14. Centralization and Decentralization, 15. Direction—Concept and Techniques, 16. Managerial Control, 17. Techniques of Control, 18. Motivation, 19. Leading and Leadership, 20. Co-ordination—Meaning and Nature, 21. Communication, 22. Management of Change. SYLLABUS Unit I : Introduction, Concepts, Objectives, Nature, Scope and significance of management, Evolution of management thought, Contribution- Taylor, Weber and Fayol management. Unit II : Planning : Concept, Objectives, Nature, Limitation, Process of planning, Importance, Forms, Techniques and Process of decision making. Unit III : Organizing : Concept, Objectives, Nature of organizing, Types of Organization, Delegation of authority, Authority and responsi-bilities, Centralization and Decentralization, Span of Control. Unit IV : Directing : Concept, Principles & Techniques of directing and Coordination, Concept of leadership-Meaning, Importance, Styles, Supervision, Motivation, Communication. Unit V : Controlling : Concept, Principles, Process and Techniques of Controlling, Relationship between planning and Controlling.
